Norway
Land of fjords, Vikings and the midnight sun
Passport card
Kingdom of Norway
Norway
- Capital
- Oslo
- Continent
- Europe
- Currency
- Norwegian krone
- Languages
- Norwegian and Sámi
- People
- About 56 lakh
- Size
- About 3.9 lakh km²
- Leader
- Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre
- Free since
- 7 June 1905
- Time
- 4½ hours behind India in winter: at 12 noon in India, it is 7:30 am in Oslo, and 8:30 am in summer
⭐ In the far north of Norway the sun does not set in summer: the midnight sun.
Your Norway stamp
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Norway
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Norway
Turn the globe with your finger. Norway has 3 neighbours on land: tap one to visit it.
Compare with India
Norway and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is almost 9 times the size of Norway.
- PeopleIndia has about 260 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 56 lakh in Norway.
- DistanceOslo is about 6,000 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeNorway is 4½ hours behind India in winter. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 7:30 am in Oslo, or 8:30 am in summer.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Norway, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Norway
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Norway's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Norway back on the map
Norway and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 4 back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Norway worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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